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On Saturday, a man was reportedly arrested in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh over allegations of feeding explosives to a pregnant cow last month.

In the video shared online, it can be seen that the mouth of the pregnant cow has been injured very badly with a lot of blood oozing out of her mouth

In April this year, a female elephant in Kollam, Kerala, had also died in similar fashion. Authorities suspect she also bit on food filled with crackers.

The incident took place in Malappuram district of Kerala when the elephant had wandered into village in search for food.

Meerut Police have arrested 6 people trying to burst crackers from Brahmpuri and Nauchandi area following the Ayodhya verdict

Delhi Police arrested two people in East Delhi for possessing two sutli bombs on Diwali

Argument over Diwali firecrackers resulted in massive stone-pelting between the two communities

Maulana Abdul Waqeel Qasmi has issued a fatwa saying bursting firecrackers in un-Islamic and any profit earned from the business of firecrackers is 'haram'.

The festival of lights, Diwali, will be celebrated in India on 27th October this year.

The Union Minister announced that Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs have been successful in developing various environment-friendly fireworks such as sound-emitting crackers, flowerpots, pencils, chakkar and sparklers.